Shlomo Mintz

Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin / Two Portraits / Prokofiev: Scythian Suite

Featuring
Release date December 15, 1986

Tracklist

1
The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: Beginning
1:16
1:16
2
The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The Curtain Rises
1:32
1:32
3
The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: First Seduction Game: The Shabby Old Rake
3:45
3:45
4
The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: Second Seduction Game
1:11
1:11
5
The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The Shy Youth Appears at the Door
1:38
1:38
6
The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: Third Seduction Game
1:27
1:27
7
The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The Mandarin Enters - Encounter With the Girl
2:25
2:25
8
The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The Girl's Dance
4:33
4:33
9
The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: She Flees From Him; He Chases Her Wildly
1:11
1:11
10
The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The Mandarin Stumbles, But Catches the Girl; They Fight. The Tramps Leap Out, Seize the Mandarin, Rob Him and Suffocate Him With Pillows
2:46
2:46
11
The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: Suddenly the Mandarin's Head Disappears. The Tramps Drag Him Out, One Stabs Him Three Times. He Almost Collapses, But Draws Himself Up and Leaps at the Girl
3:16
3:16
12
The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The Drag the Mandarin to the Centre of the Room and Hang Him on a Lamp Hook. The Lamp Falls to the Floor - Goes Out. The Mandarin's Body Begins to Glow.
2:50
2:50
13
The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: The Tramps Take Him Down. He Falls to the Floor and at Once Leaps at the Girl. They Embrace
1:04
1:04
14
The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: His Longing Stilled, the Mandarin's Wounds Begin to Bleed; He Becomes Weaker and Dies
1:11
1:11
15
Two Portraits, op. 5: 1. One Ideal. Andante
10:11
10:11
16
Two Portraits, op. 5: II. One Grotesque
2:17
2:17
17
Scythian Suite, op. 20: 1. The Adoration of Veless and Ala. Allegro feroce - Poco meno mosso - Poco più lento
5:38
5:38
18
Scythian Suite, op. 20: 2. The Enemy God and the Dance of the Spirits of Darkness. Allegro sostenuto
3:10
3:10
19
Scythian Suite, op. 20: 3. Night. Andantino - Poco più mosso
6:13
6:13
20
Scythian Suite, op. 20: 4. The Glorious Departure of Lolly and the Sun's Procession. Tempestoso - Allegro - Andante sostenuto
5:32
5:32